Tuesday, September 2, 2008

One of the most frequently asked questions, the fledgling freelancer prays, "Someone wants and I can write a few articles about them, but the name my price. How can I charge?"

You have to come from numbers ... So, what are you doing?

There are many things you can do to fix one price, which is responsible:

First, you can meet the standard rate for writing and selling the same for everyone.

Typically, the percentage of the word, as word of 1-100 XX dollars, 101-250 words XX dollars, etc., or it may be a fixed rate of speech, such as $ 0.10-1.00 of the word, or more or less. You set a course. The problem with fixed rates is that everyone is different and writing tests and the time necessary to write differently and, therefore, that price.

One thing you can do to try to return it to the contractor requesting their services. Tell them, 'I do not have a fixed rate, but rather the fee for each unique project, and then to "Are you looking for in the budget for this project? "

They may or may not, you can say, but they may be on board size, so as to know what is your ballpark to work.

If they will not offer any advice, and then the next step is to check in other publications / websites, which are similar to what is asked of you and find out what will be, or as close as possible to obtain, and then set the rate of , Which is similar to that course.

Ask a slightly higher rate than you really want or need and be prepared to offer lower rates if to say, that is too high. After all, this is a negotiation, as will any kind of work. Furthermore, the threshold is that they would not accept less than the amount XX, not to speak to you in less than this, unless they can offer a few other eligible with the exception of cash (backlink, free promotion for other things so that they can qualify) .

Your goal as a freelancer must be continuously increasing the width of published credits and earn money to help his career. Who is sometimes referred to as the upper and lower wages than similar content, but if someone is really lowballing not be sold short. You'll get the reputation of working for peanuts and finally, it would only work zapochvash can get.

So to clip:

Look at what others are payment / fee for such content try to gain by the contractor, the budget not be sold short Offer bit higher than the acting are "demanding" a certain minimum threshold, and it does not go below I shall not mention and not be sold short?

Remember that writing is a profession. Regardless of what some people think, May, or you say, write and skills, talent, art ... and deserve to be paid a livable salary for the quality of work that they do not.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

When you think of freelancing, what is the first thing that comes to your mind?You probably think of a writer, novelist or journalist right off hand.That is primarily because for centuries, the only real job you could have as afreelancer had to do with your mastery of the written word.But we are not still stuck back in the early nineteen hundreds – no we are in thetwenty first century, a time that appreciates freelancers in hundreds of differentjobs.Sure, you have probably heard of freelance photographers too, you may haveeven met one or two in your life, but what about freelance software designers,freelance medical billing specialists, or even freelance scientific researchers?There are all jobs that have recently begun to see massive growth in theirrespective fields because more and more people are realizing that they canmake far more money working for themselves as freelancers than they evercould solely from working under the wing of their previous employer.So it sounds pretty good doesn’t it? You work in some field for quite a few years,get a lot of practical experience in your chosen area of employment and thengradually make the switch from working the nine to five to becoming your ownboss as a freelancer.But is it really as easy as it sounds to become a freelancer and actually make aliving doing work on a freelance basis

We have to keep in mind that there are quite a few freelancers out there who areonly doing work part time.Not because they make a ton of money and only have to work a couple of daysper week but because they actually have had some trouble finding work in thepast and need a much more solid career option in order to make sure that theydo not find themselves facing bankruptcy.However, such a scenario does not have to happen to you if you are willing to dowhatever it takes to become a freelancer. Your career switch may not happenovernight – but eventually you will become highly successful at what you do.It’s a guarantee.The first step in making that jump from office work to freelance is to decidewhether or not you have what it takes to become a freelancer.We all want to be our own boss, but do we all have the drive and dedication thatit takes to be successful without the watchful eye of our supervisors?Sadly, we don’t.Therefore, you have to really sit down and think about what makes you sospecial in the world of freelancers.Do you have a large enough skill set to make you stand out amongst the hoardsof different people all seeking the same work as you?Do you have the time management skills necessary to run your own freelancingoperation and meet all of the deadlines set upon you by your clients?If you have even the slightest doubt in your mind about freelancing, then maybethere are other career paths that are better for you in the long run.